Ian Bone
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Ian Bone (August 28, 1947) is a prominent Anarchist in Great Britain.
Bone was an active Anarchist throughout the 1960s to early 1990s. Initially he set up the Anarchist agit-mag Alarm in Swansea and in 1980s with others he set up the Anarchist paper Class War. The confrontational style of the paper led to Bone becoming an infamous figure in the politics of the 80s. His personal stock was at its highest when he appeared on the Jonathan Ross show. Ian Bone has since distanced himself from Class War, which has expanded into Australia. Bone was famously dubbed 'The Most Dangerous Man in Britain' by British tabloid newspaper The Sun[citation needed].
Based in London for most of the 1980s, he moved to Bristol in the early 1990s where he became involved in various campaigns, but often keeping a low profile.
In 2001 Bone started the Vote Nobody campaign which encouraged residents in Easton, Bristol to turn out for the local election and vote for 'Nobody'.
Bone attended the founding meeting of Bristol Indymedia.
In that same year he started The Bristolian, a scandal-sheet that purported to give "independent news from Bristol that the other papers won't touch". Freely distributed throughout the bars and pubs of Bristol -- and by Bone himself in Bristol's Corn Street -- the newssheet gained a weekly circulation of over 15000. He wrote much of the paper himself, but was assisted by local journalist Roy Norris, and by his long-term partner Jane Nicholl.
In 2003, the success of The Bristolian gave way to the Bristolian Party, which stood in the local elections in an attempt to mobilise widespread discontent with Bristol City Council's policies. Bone was criticised by some in the anarchist community for his involvement with this campaign. On 1 May 2003 a total of 2560 people voted for the Bristolian Party, which gained an 8% share of the vote within the 12 wards they contested.
The Bristolian was runner-up for the Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism in 2005. It ceased publication shortly afterwards.
Bristol City Council Elections, May 2005
Full text of Ian Bone's semi-autobiographical novel, Anarchist!
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